{"id":89430,"date":"2021-10-26T08:35:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=89430"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:44:38","slug":"delta-states-art-department-to-present-recent-paintings-by-alumnus-tommy-goodman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2021\/10\/delta-states-art-department-to-present-recent-paintings-by-alumnus-tommy-goodman\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State\u2019s Art Department to present recent paintings by alumnus Tommy Goodman"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]CLEVELAND, Miss.\u2014<\/strong>Delta State University\u2019s Art Department is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by an alumnus of its program, Tommy\u00a0Goodman.<\/p>\n

An opening reception for Goodman\u2019s exhibition will be held on Thursday, Nov. 4, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Fielding Wright Art Center, located on Delta State\u2019s campus. The reception is free and open to the general public.<\/p>\n

Goodman\u00a0is a painter and retired architect based in Carrollton, Miss. Goodman\u00a0graduated from Delta State with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1968. He taught art at St. Andrews Episcopal Day School in Jackson for a few years before returning to school to pursue a degree in architecture at Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.<\/p>\n

Goodman\u00a0went on to build a successful career in architecture working as an architect and design principle with architecture firms in Jackson, Miss. and Birmingham, Ala. His projects earned numerous regional, national, and international awards.<\/p>\n

After retiring from his architectural practice, Goodman\u00a0taught art and architecture as an adjunct professor at Mississippi State University. While he continues to serve as a consultant for historic restoration projects, since 2009 he has dedicated himself fully to his painting practice. He recently published a book surveying his paintings titled \u201cDelta Artist Tommy\u00a0Goodman: Painter\/Architect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodman\u00a0creates abstract paintings and large-scale landscapes inspired by the Mississippi Delta.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in the Mississippi Delta, I have always been intrigued by the haunting horizontal vastness and variety in Delta panoramas, particularly the skies,\u201d he shared. \u201cAs I paint from memory and past observations, the completed image is always an abstraction of the original experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

His landscapes paintings done in acrylic on paper offer sweeping panoramic views of the Delta. The unusual format of these landscapes recalls the work of 19th-century American landscapists such as Jasper F. Cropsey and George Inness but also betray Goodman\u2019s background as an architect.<\/p>\n

Recent paintings by\u00a0Goodman\u00a0will be on view at Delta State\u2019s Wright Center Art Gallery from Nov. 4 to Dec. 2. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The gallery is closed on weekends, holidays, and during semester breaks. Masks are required in all DSU facilities.<\/p>\n

For more information, \u00a0visit www.deltastate.edu\/art\/wright-center-art-gallery<\/a> or call (662) 846-4720.<\/p>\n

For updates and announcements of upcoming events, follow Delta State Art Department on Facebook or join the DSU Art Department\u2019s email list<\/a> at www.deltastate.edu\/art.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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